Support Youth-Led Digital Safety
The Internet Is Being Built in Real Time
Young people are already living in it.
Every day, teens navigate AI, algorithms, identity, pressure, and harm in digital spaces that were not designed with them in mind. Decisions about safety, policy, and product design are often made about young people — without them in the room.
NoFiltr exists to change that.
Youth Are Not the Problem to Be Solved
They’re the partners we’ve been missing.
**NoFiltr is a youth-led initiative that embeds young people directly into the digital safety ecosystem. **
We don’t ask youth to share their stories and walk away — we pay them, train them, and treat them as experts whose lived experience shapes real outcomes.
Through Youth Innovation Councils, research, and platform partnerships, young people help pressure-test ideas, identify blind spots, and co-create safer digital futures.
What Happens When We Listen
Real change follows.
In the past year:
- 7+ million people encountered NoFiltr’s youth-led digital safety work
- Youth leaders generated 130+ actionable insights that informed resources, policies, and tools used by platforms reaching tens of millions of teens
This isn’t symbolic youth engagement. It’s youth shaping systems.
How Your Donation Makes This Possible
Your support allows NoFiltr to:
- Compensate young people for their expertise, ensuring youth participation is ethical, inclusive, and accessible
- Run youth-led research and workshops that surface how online harms actually show up in real life
- Translate insight into action, turning lived experience into guidance, tools, and recommendations companies can implement
- Work upstream with platforms and institutions, helping prevent harm before it reaches scale
Your donation helps ensure youth are not an afterthought — they are built into how digital safety is designed.
Why This Matters Now
Technology is moving faster than policy.
AI is evolving faster than guardrails.
Young people are adapting in real time.
The future of digital safety depends on whether we design with youth — or continue to catch up after harm occurs.
Your generosity helps tip the scale toward prevention, dignity, and shared power.
Fiscal Sponsorship & Tax Information
NoFiltr operates as a project under the fiscal sponsorship of Thorn, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
All donations are made to Thorn and are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Funds designated for NoFiltr directly support NoFiltr’s charitable programs under Thorn’s fiscal oversight.
Legal Name for Tax Receipts: Thorn